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[Salih Emin <salih.emin.vet@xxxxxxxxx>]

I am glad to see the idea of Libre Office icons being re-proposed. I had 
this idea proposed over ubuntu brainstorm during the development cycle 
of Ubuntu 11.04 http://brainstorm.ubuntu.com/idea/27661/  trying to give 
a solution about the "confusing icons of Libre Calc" according the 
usability test http://lwn.net/Articles/438678/ but back then it was not 
accepted as good idea.

What i proposed was :
"Personally I have removed the default icons (writer, calc, 
presentation) from launcher and just added the "one icon for Libre 
office" that starts the entire office suite.

Here is a screenshot of what I mean : 
https://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/gu7f0Y6byzodgdykQQFlaQ?feat=directlink 
<https://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/gu7f0Y6byzodgdykQQFlaQ?feat=directlink>

The icon is available if you search for Libre office in Unity Dash. Its 
the one that is in gray-white color without a name under the icon. Drag 
it and place it on launcher. if you press it it will launch the Libre 
office Startup Center where you can see all the available suites 
(writer, cal, presentation, draw, etc.). Then you can click to whichever 
you want.


I have done this to all the installations, for friends and colleges and 
they totally understand what is the purpose of the icon. Initially they 
where also confused by the cal icon where they thought it was a 
calculator. After I have put the L.Office Start up Center icon in the 
Launcher, they clicked it to see what it was and then the saw that it is 
a complete office suite."

I see that this idea is re-opened as a usability bug here 
https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/unity/+bug/864057


Hope this will be resolved until 12.04 stable.

On 03/04/2012 04:28 PM, Chris wrote:
> @ supernova:
> And what do you want to create with that? Something that would come 
> eerily close to GNOME and it's Shell. When you start using all the 
> default apps of GNOME they create a rather seamless experience. In 
> fact all the recent suggestions like a time-out function on the 
> shutdown window is already present.
>
> @ Gustav:
> This is actually a pretty good idea which has no precedence. I'd love 
> to see some mock ups on how this would look.
>
> With metta, Chris
>
> P.s.: supernova please don't take this personally, this is a reaction 
> after a build up of several weeks/months
>
> On Mar 4, 2012 2:15 PM, "Gustav Sony" <sony-qs@xxxxxxx 
> <mailto:sony-qs@xxxxxxx>> wrote:
>
>     What about a *"HowTo" App* or *Lens* in Ubuntu, which is able to
>     answer what app can do and how to use it? Using Ubuntu
>     SoftwareCenter with more keywords (also translated), adding
>     Tutorials from YouTube, direct links to ubuntu-wiki /ubuntuusers
>     and create a FAQ. Maybe with Ask-Ubuntu integration?
>
>     Am 04.03.2012 13 <tel:04.03.2012%2013>:22, schrieb supernova:
> >     Could make sense to phenotype develope some apps native for
> >     ubuntu? Like a browser, multimedia, offfice...
> >     This could give extreme integration, less toolkits, and make
> >     ubuntu famous for its apps, better then those if other OSes...
> >     Supernova
>
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